In the world of celebrity, there is one universal law: if there's a scandal or death, Al Sharpton will be there.
From Shawn Amos
New York City has more rock history in its 305 square miles than most of America combined.
Harlem's Apollo is probably the most well-known music hall in the world.
Every single tune you know from the 1940s until the 1970s was written, arranged, and demoed in the Brill Building. OK, maybe not every song, but writers from Benny Goodman to Lieber & Stoller to Neil Diamond all kept offices there.
Blues became rock, rock became soul, and all of it was colorblind.
Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide.
Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely American.
Throughout the '50s, tons of unknown locals came through Sun to record their demos. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis all made their first recordings at the former Memphis Recording Service.
You can talk about Michael Jackson all you want, but John Hughes was the soundtrack to my 1980s life.
Woodstock was a business. A very poorly run business.
7 perspectives
6 perspectives
5 perspectives
4 perspectives
1 perspectives